CALL - Advocacy in Lincolnshire

What is CALL?

CALL is an organisation providing indepedent advocacy for the people of Lincolnshire. It provides a 'voice' to support people to get their views heard and their choices respected.

Where is advocacy in Lincolnshire?

Hospitals
In your own home
In day care centres
In group homes
In residential homes
Where ever there is found to be a need

How does CALL work?

CALL has one central office based in Lincoln with support staff, volunteers and mobile advocates who cover Lincolnshire. Volunteers can either act in a supportive role to the organisation or be trained to become advocates. There is the opportunity to work either long or short-term.

What are the aims of CALL?

1) To provide help and support to vulnerable people who cannot easily represent themselves. Some people are prevented from being heard and are indeed overlooked or brushed aside due to a wide range of circumstances.

2) To represent vulnerable people and help them to break down the barriers that prevent them from leading full and satisfying lives.

How are these aims achieved?

1) By training and supporting volunteers to become advocates.

2) By matching advocates and advocacy partners on a mainly one-to-one basis.

3) By promoting and supporting group advocacy, self advocacy, and other forms of advocacy.

4) Through fund-raising and donations which keep it all going.

5) Through active support by the community and specialist advisors.

What CALL offers:

We provide independent advocacy for people in need.
We recruit and train volunteers to become advocates.
We support advocates in their advocacy tasks and their personal development, through the resources of the organisation, structured supervision, personal development and training opportunities.
We offer both one-to-one and group type advocacy.
We also have a number of specialist advocacy projects, such as the hospital project.
We have developed some innovative programmes for self-advocacy and empowerment for various client groups.
We support self-advocacy schemes - especially for people with a learning disability.

Our client groups include:

People with a learning disability.
People with physical disabilities.
Older people.
Young adults in transition.
Migrant workers.
Older people with mental ill health.
People with dual diagnosis and/or other forms of disadvantage

Staff:

Chief Executive Officer: Debbie O’Neill

Administrator: Paola Richards

Case Manager: Andy Wilkins

Lincoln Advocate: Annie

North Kesteven Advocate: Patryk

South Kesteven Advocate: Ray

South Holland Advocate: Ray

Boston Area Advocate: Annie/Ray

East Lindsey Advocate: Patryk

BME Project Worker:Cila

Linkage Community Trust Project Worker: Janet

Financial Advocate: Emma

IT Support: Nathan

CALL - Advocacy in Lincolnshire.
Company Number 4420746. Registered Charity Number 1092986
Unit 12, Allenby Business Village, Crofton Road, LINCOLN, LN3 4NL
Tel: 01522 511114